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No not giving one away.
Have just been given one.
Any estimates how much this will have cost me by the time my "Free Boat" is properly sea worthy again? (Just for fun, there's no prize)
Bah...forgot to upload a picture.....give me a minute
There we go.
Have just been given one.
Any estimates how much this will have cost me by the time my "Free Boat" is properly sea worthy again? (Just for fun, there's no prize)
Bah...forgot to upload a picture.....give me a minute
There we go.
Edited by DragsterRR on Wednesday 2nd March 21:31
Condi said:
It will cost money than you thought possible.
More time than you have.
And more effort than is at all proportional.
This. More time than you have.
And more effort than is at all proportional.
That said the old girl deserves a new owner to bring her back. As silly as it sounds I always feel sorry for uncared for boats and ships.
Good luck with her.
I've been in a dive club for over 10 years and we have a club RIB and it doesn't get much use.
I remember asking one of the members what they thought about running a boat.
'There are two great moments when you buy a boat. The moment you buy it and the moment you sell it. Everything else is just pouring money into a bottomless pit'
It made me chuckle. The RIB was quite reliable, but the trailer usually required more work each year than the boat.
I remember asking one of the members what they thought about running a boat.
'There are two great moments when you buy a boat. The moment you buy it and the moment you sell it. Everything else is just pouring money into a bottomless pit'
It made me chuckle. The RIB was quite reliable, but the trailer usually required more work each year than the boat.
Cynics.
The engine runs. She sailed 20 miles under her own power to get where she is.
She has a full set of new sails (Even though, as the boom is on upside down I'm pretty sure the guy I got her off has never used them)
It's just cost me 700 quid for a flat bed trailer to put her on and 400 quid for a crane to get her onto land.
It begins
The engine runs. She sailed 20 miles under her own power to get where she is.
She has a full set of new sails (Even though, as the boom is on upside down I'm pretty sure the guy I got her off has never used them)
It's just cost me 700 quid for a flat bed trailer to put her on and 400 quid for a crane to get her onto land.
It begins
Simpo Two said:
micky metro said:
I read somewhere that owning a boat is akin to having a hole in the water that you just fill with money, good luck.
Not having a boat is having nowhere to go on a nice day.Running costs for mine are about £2K a year all in; a fair deal IMHO.
DragsterRR said:
I will do my best to keep this thread updated if people are interested.
Definitely!I've seen worse rescued to be honest and it's not as costly as most are making out here if you are willing to do it yourself.
I don't have the pictures with me at the moment but my uncle rescued a small sailing boat that had sat in a field for 12 years and i couldn't believe the difference when i seen it finished. It hardly cost him anything to do, just some time and hard work.
I can't seem to find it now but someone was selling a completely submerged boat on ebay not long ago and compared to that your one is immaculate!
Where abouts is it located? If it wasn't too far away from me i'd be happy to give you a hand for a few weekends to get it back on the water.
DragsterRR said:
Cynics.
The engine runs. She sailed 20 miles under her own power to get where she is.
Was that one of those epic journeys that gets planned on a 1:150,000 road atlas obtained free with green shield stamps and ends when the RNLI drags the miscreants into port the umpteenth time? The engine runs. She sailed 20 miles under her own power to get where she is.
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